Articles filed under Theater
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'Mistress' breaks the cycle of no new musicalsDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - Step into any conversation with a producer or theater owner about American music theater and eventually the topic gets around to the ongoing and catastrophic shortage of...
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Stage homage to Chaplin sparkles -- most of the timeDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - The less Silent Theatre Company says, the better. Take "A Charlie Chaplin Christmas," the ensemble's homage to film's consummate clown. Comprised of Chaplinesque bits m...
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Critic's notebookDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - Here is a look at currently running plays recently reviewed by the Daily Herald. "Altar Boyz," Drury Lane Water Tower Place, 175 E. Chestnut St., Chicago. This high-...
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City and suburban event highlightsDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - Klezmer nation So what if Hanukkah is over? There's still time to celebrate Jewish culture at the Schaumburg's Prairie Center for the Arts. "Lollapajewza IV" featur...
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Auditions and moreDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - • Ensemble Espanol Center for Spanish Dance and Music has auditions for its national touring company today from 7 to 9:30 p.m. with registration at 6 p.m. at Northeaster...
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'Little Women' energizes the stage at Marriott TheatreDec 12, 2007 10:00 pm - The spirit and energy of the great American classic, "Little Women" thrives in the musical at The Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire. While most of the songs ad...
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Magical 'Hunchback' echoes with pathos, whimsyDec 10, 2007 10:00 pm - Magic unfolds in Redmoon Theatre's West Town warehouse. Rooted in the ordinary, and often in the grotesque, Redmoon's magic is not the jewel-tone gossamer enc...
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Blindfaith's 'Butterscotch' not so sweetDec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - "Lord Butterscotch and the Curse of the Darkwater Phantom" is rather less than the sum of its parts. The British-style comedy (in its world premiere at Blindfaith Theat...
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Northlight's 'Ella' captures iconic songstess perfectlyDec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - If E. Faye Butler wins the 2008 Jeff Award for lead actress in a musical, she has Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn to thank. Butler plays Ella Fitzgerald in...
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It's a 'Wonderful' showDec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - I walked into American Theater Company with skepticism, not because it was producing "It's a Wonderful Life," but because the classic was being staged as a radio...